in praise of folly.

Armed Veterans Patrol Schools to Prevent School Shootings (2018, Colorized)

just precisely how bad was 1500s jerusalem at making maps, you ask? well,

eh,  close enough.

Priceless.

Nefertiti Bust, sculpture detail

Jealous of her eyebrows #nefertiti #ancientegypt

Cologne Cathedral, built 1248-1880 (yes that’s 632 years!)

Building on the Cathedral halted in 1473 leaving this ancient crane, it was a landmark of the Cologne skyline, for 400 years….no longer exists :(

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Tee hee

Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra (via anenlighteningellipsis)

A 5MB Hard Disk Drive being loaded onto a plane, in 1956.

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Perspective.

Movie star Veronica Lake sporting “Victory Rolls”, 1943. During World War II, numerous women who worked at munitions and airplane factories imitated Veronica’s iconic peek-a-boo bangs and got their hair caught in heavy machinery, hence the creation of the actress’ new look. “Victory Rolls” were heavily promoted as a preferable and much safer hairstyle for women performing war work.

Photographer Takes His Rescued Dog Maddie On Epic Adventures

Whoa.